voices from the fire#5 – Dumpster Fire Press

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Fleming

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Milenko Županović

Light The sins of the ancestors in the cell of monastery a prayer of life in the light of the resurrection. Dawn At the bottom of the ocean the dreams of a lonely church on the Day of Judgment at the dawn of a new time. Desert In the desert, an abandoned church cries outContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Milenko Županović”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Stephen Whitter

What would they say? Have you ever thought of somethingThat you would like to seeAfter you have died?Morbid perhaps but still. I have just decided thatI would like a transcript ofWhat everybody I cared for said about meOn the day they burn or bury my body, and The actual words, verbatim when,The day they wereContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Stephen Whitter”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Tiberius Galloway

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: James Maj

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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Duane Vorhees

EXCERPTS FROM ABELARD’S NOTEBOOKS I knew words never demonstrate the truth in things, they are jut sounds we use for our own convenience, but when I chose my name with careful confusion, showing off by punning in Latin, German, and Hebrew to connote and conflate my noble ability’s (hevel‘s) dance (ballare) with steadfast vanity (hevel again)Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Duane Vorhees”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Dillinger

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: R. KEITH

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Carmen Grover

The Golden Apple For many years I pruned apple trees. In the beginning I started very hesitantly wanting every apple to stand a fighting chance. As I continued to learn the craft pruning became easier overtime more apples fell to the ground without wavering, they became easier to get rid of. This made more chanceContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Carmen Grover”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Bruce McDermott

Amazing People I saw this gentleman on a TV documentary It was not a PBS documentary He was a porno actor in his 60’s the oldest in the business it said And he could pull off the inevitable plot on command You have it or not I suppose I need time and reason these daysContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Bruce McDermott”